Hastings County Community and Human Services is pleased to announce the availability of Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP) funding for 2025. Please see the Hastings County Community Program Funding Application and the new Homelessness Prevention Program Capital Funding Application for the 2025 year. Please note, for HPP Capital Applications, please review the Sustainability Checklist and HPP Capital Funding Information Sheet.

The standard application allows agencies/organizations the opportunity to detail and define their funding ask and the support service that will be provided along with detailing how it meets the vision of the HPP guidelines, as well as the needs of the community it serves. The applications will again be reviewed, scored, and weighted based on how well they address issues surrounding homelessness.

The HPP vision is to provide funding to support Service Managers in implementing a variety of flexible, local approaches to delivery of services and supports with three key goals (outcomes) – preventing homelessness (people at risk of homelessness remain housed and have connections to supports and services), addressing homelessness (people who are homeless and chronically homeless obtain and retain housing and support services) and reducing chronic homelessness (reductions in chronic homelessness). The new HPP Capital Application is to support communities in maintaining and expanding the supply of supportive housing and in maintaining the availability of emergency shelters where there is local need.

TO ALL CURRENTLY FUNDED AGENCIES, you will need to make application for 2025 funding, just as you did for 2024.

Please note the due date of October 1, 2024 by 4:00 pm for these applications.

If you have any questions or concerns, they can be directed to Shannon Tummon-Graham at tummon-grahams@hastingscounty.com.